Vice President Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang has urged Parliament to take a bold stance in the fight against illegal mining, also known as galamsey. She emphasized the critical role parliamentarians play in supporting the government’s efforts to combat this menace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Professor Opoku-Agyemang stressed that parliamentarians, particularly those from mining areas, must make their presence felt in the fight against galamsey. She tasked them with creating a forum to educate their constituents on how to combat illegal mining operations across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To tackle this issue, the Vice President called for a conference meeting, bringing together members of parliament and the Ministry of Land and Natural Resources. The meeting aims to brainstorm solutions and strategies to stop illegal miners and bring them to justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By working together, the government and parliament hope to restore the culture of small-scale mining in Ghana and protect the country’s natural resources and environment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Vice President Tasks Parliament to Intensify Fight Against Illegal Mining<\/p>\n
Vice President Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang has urged Parliament to take a bold stance in the fight against illegal mining, also known as galamsey. She emphasized the critical role parliamentarians play in supporting the government’s efforts to combat this menace.<\/p>\n
Professor Opoku-Agyemang stressed that parliamentarians, particularly those from mining areas, must make their presence felt in the fight against galamsey. She tasked them with creating a forum to educate their constituents on how to combat illegal mining operations across the country.<\/p>\n
To tackle this issue, the Vice President called for a conference meeting, bringing together members of parliament and the Ministry of Land and Natural Resources. The meeting aims to brainstorm solutions and strategies to stop illegal miners and bring them to justice.<\/p>\n
By working together, the government and parliament hope to restore the culture of small-scale mining in Ghana and protect the country’s natural resources and environment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6067,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-latest","category-local"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6064"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6068,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6064\/revisions\/6068"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}